#otp at the dawn of a whole new world
“Byleth is not an implied love interest for Claude”
You sure about that? You really sure about that?!
Big “the wind at my back, the sword at my side” energy
Claude tries to make a bet with Ignatz (in the middle of a Church) that Byleth is more beautiful than the Goddess herself.
In Raphael’s final with Byleth complains that Byleth NEVER says no to Claude.
In Claude’s final support with Hilda she says she sees him smile more and he smiles differently around Byleth.
Marianne (in the main story, not a support) says that Byleth is a tree and Claude is the wind that shakes her branches.
That’s without even their paired end, the only end in the entire game where Claude gets his end goal by starting an age of unity between Almyra and Fodlan. (And, imo, it’s the most cathartic narrative finale in the entire game.)
This isn’t to devalue any othe Claude or Byleth pairings but to suggest Claude isn’t as implied a love interest as the other Lord’s seems very, very odd to me.
I know right?! I made posts about most of these at some point but Claude’s words here are the most obvious to me cuz of the wording. How can anyone watch that and be like “mhm definitely the only lord who isn’t into her” like…guys